25 Cheap Halloween Costumes

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With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking of ways to fashion a costume that is creative without being expensive. I’ve created a list of 25 Halloween costumes that can be made with things you have around the house and maybe a purchase or two from the dollar store. Some of these costumes are ones I’ve actually done myself while others are the result of a little research/questioning of friends (thanks Molly, Ben, and Greg!). Regardless of the source, the costumes below will allow you to have loads of fun on Halloween without breaking the bank.

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Jill grew up in Texas, graduated from college in 2007 and is currently working in the DC metro area. Jill recently completed a 9-month certificate program in financial planning and will take the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) exam in November. After that she hopes to become a full-time financial planner. You can also find her as a staff writer at My Dollar Plan.

Along the lines of the Facebook wall, a friend of mine went as a whiteboard one year. He just wore a white shirt and we grabbed some markers and started writing humorous things from classes we’d taken on his shirt!

More play on words ideas include: chick magnet — make a large magnet from poster board and tape small “chicks” to it, one night stand — cardboard box over your shoulders that looks like a night stand, lampshade on your head, killer bee — make a big bloody letter “B” and carry a fake knife. A friend told me about an online costume community where they have tons of ideas — it’s called costumzee.com. Happy Halloween.

We went as babies when I was a tween/teen.
Wear pajamas, slippers, put your hair in pigtails and buy a pacifier or pacifier candy (yum!).
If we were really creative we would use mom’s makeup to make rosy checks.

I love these ideas! I wear a lot of black as a rule and can always put together a black outfit with wild make up and hair to scare the kiddies. We don’t go to parties but our yard is the talk of the neighborhood, complete with ghosts, goblins and a scarey lady opening the door to dispense candy!

I actually did Martha Stewart a couple of years ago, except at the time she was under house arrest, so my costume consisted of a blue shirt, white t-shirt, khaki pants, a basket with her magazines in it, a convict number written on the shirt, a set of handcuffs dangling from my wrist, and an ankle bracelet.

Thanks Jill for the wonderful advices. But I think using these things is not easy as we need to have perfection in their use. Else the whole of the dress will be awful. Anyway i will surely try some and if i am able to use them properly i will surely send you a thanking mail..

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Ivy

One year my friends and I dressed up as devils–black leggings, red long sleeved shirts. We bought black thin plastic headbands at the dollar store and taped red cardboard cutouts of horns on top as well as red cardboard tails on our behinds. It was fun, cheap, and easy.

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I went one year as a “Smarty Pants”. I wore a Harvard sweatshirt and a pair of jeans with lots of smarties (the candy) taped to them. People had a good laugh and a great time eating my costume!

Last year I went as a Craps Table. It was funny and at the end of the night it was removed for a little gambling action. I got the inspiration for this costume from Costume Machine at http://www.costumeexplorer.com/ .

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